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he would win a majority of the nine swing states and that gets him to 275, 263 for barack obama. he also needs for that scenario to win the state of ohio. tyler mentioned the cleveland airport today. what -- now, let's go back to this map again, put the swing states again in yellow and say, what is barack obama's shortest path? he just needs to win three of the nine swing states, those three, wisconsin, paul ryan's home state, ohio, the state we have just been talking about and also nevada, big harry reid's home state, the senate leader, big union vote, big hispanic vote there. if he gets those three things, barack obama gets to 271 electoral votes and wins, tyler. >> but not any three of those nine states? >> specifically those three. >> specifically those three. say it again, ohio, nevada -- >> ohio, wisconsin, nevada. if barack obama gets those three, can win every other swing state -- >> do the polls tell us that he is ahead in those three? >> yes. >> they do? >> he is ahead in all three. in fact of the nine swing states, tyler, mitt romney has a clear lead only in the state
he would win a majority of the nine swing states and that gets him to 275, 263 for barack obama. he also needs for that scenario to win the state of ohio. tyler mentioned the cleveland airport today. what -- now, let's go back to this map again, put the swing states again in yellow and say, what is barack obama's shortest path? he just needs to win three of the nine swing states, those three, wisconsin, paul ryan's home state, ohio, the state we have just been talking about and also nevada, big...
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we see that president obama and mitt romney are now tied in that state. nine electoral votes, very important. you then look to nevada where the president's holding a lead still. 50-47. the reason that's important is that mitt romney, all of these battleground states are states that barack obama carried in 2008. mitt romney has to take away most of them in order to get the 270 electoral votes, sue. he hasn't gotten there yet. he's got some advantages in places like florida. he's moving up in virginia. but he's got to try to crack ohio and then you've got states like out west like nevada which are the president's holding a lead. in wisconsin, paul ryan's home state, holding a lead. if mitt romney can't put together some combination of those he's not going to make it. >> does your gut tell you if he'll be able to do that, or no? >> continues whether or not he gets a breeze at his back and sustains momentum. he got a lift after the first debate in denver. that's made a difference. the question is, is that lift gone or is that momentum still going to push him.
we see that president obama and mitt romney are now tied in that state. nine electoral votes, very important. you then look to nevada where the president's holding a lead still. 50-47. the reason that's important is that mitt romney, all of these battleground states are states that barack obama carried in 2008. mitt romney has to take away most of them in order to get the 270 electoral votes, sue. he hasn't gotten there yet. he's got some advantages in places like florida. he's moving up in...
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president obama will nominate senator john kerry to be his next secretary of state. harry reid will be on the senate floor and house minority leader nancy pelosi will discuss the cliff crisis. with plan b history, washington is scrambling to get a deal done. the markets however are decidedly worried. dow jones has been down triple digits almost all session. we are off our worst lefs, down about 174 point a few moments ago. down 152 on the dow. 17 to the minus side and nasdaq is off almost 40. let's go to washington where john har wood is standing by with the latest on the fiscal cliff follies. john? >> all follies so far, sue. we had house speaker john boehner come out today and have a news conference explaining the failure of his plan b last night which stunned a lot of people because both boehner and eric cantor majority leader said they were confident they had the most to pass it. what he said today at a news conference is that there were members who had a perception which he said was incorrect. it would raise taxes. that why the thing went down. here is the speak
president obama will nominate senator john kerry to be his next secretary of state. harry reid will be on the senate floor and house minority leader nancy pelosi will discuss the cliff crisis. with plan b history, washington is scrambling to get a deal done. the markets however are decidedly worried. dow jones has been down triple digits almost all session. we are off our worst lefs, down about 174 point a few moments ago. down 152 on the dow. 17 to the minus side and nasdaq is off almost 40....
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state governors meeting with president obama to express their fears about the fiscal cliff while both sides squabble. we are going to get an expert lesson from a best-selling author on the art of getting deals done. investors are getting ready for friday's crucial employment report. so where are the jobs right now who is hiring? who is creating them in the face of the fiscal cliff? we have got the answers and they may surprise you. >>> and let the debate begin. it's a little fuzzy, roll the tape. there you go a new study says high-speed trading on wall street is hurting the small investor and even puts a price tag on exactly how much the little guy is getting killed. you know they're talking about that one, sue, down at the new york stock exchange. how are you doing, sue? >> great, ty. indeed they are talking about that and we are going to talk bhort exact numbers on that study in just a few minutes. stocks are steady. talks continuing in washington. we are just down about 12 points on the dow jones industrial average, 27 days until america goes over that fiscal cliff. the president j
state governors meeting with president obama to express their fears about the fiscal cliff while both sides squabble. we are going to get an expert lesson from a best-selling author on the art of getting deals done. investors are getting ready for friday's crucial employment report. so where are the jobs right now who is hiring? who is creating them in the face of the fiscal cliff? we have got the answers and they may surprise you. >>> and let the debate begin. it's a little fuzzy,...
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voters in ohio are not happy not with the presidential candidates, obama and romney fiercely contesting the state or with congress they see not getting the job done. >> i just don't think they can compromise. they can't work together. they've got all the lobbyists in their back pocket. they get elected and they have to pay back their -- their bennies that they got from getting elected. we elect them but they don't listen to us. >> fresh faces are always a good thing, if you're there only to back the people that have put you in there and not to do what's best for the country overall and unite us all, i think it is a very good thing to have new people on the scene. >> but this is a district where it's impossible to have new people on the scene because it pits two incumbents, republican jim renecy and democrat rene sutton. both trying to make arguments to the voters. republican drying to blame the democratic senate and the democrat the house. take a listen. >> jim renacci supports a 20% national sales tax. what do you think? >> now, that's a bad idea. >> no, no, no. it doesn't need to be t
voters in ohio are not happy not with the presidential candidates, obama and romney fiercely contesting the state or with congress they see not getting the job done. >> i just don't think they can compromise. they can't work together. they've got all the lobbyists in their back pocket. they get elected and they have to pay back their -- their bennies that they got from getting elected. we elect them but they don't listen to us. >> fresh faces are always a good thing, if you're there...
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he's a feisty speaker and will take the fight to president obama and make the case, he's been able, in a largely democratic state to get some things done mitt romney could do if he elected. >> john harwood, thank you very much. we'll be talking more about governor christie's address tonight on "power lunch". >> governor christie and arne romnarne -- arne r-arne arne- ann romney's speeches will be in primetime coverage. >>> the president saying he will not attend this week's economic conference in jackson hole, draghi, what does it mean? >> it doesn't mean anything. there's so much work to do, they have something to announce or he's not going because getting something through to announce 7th 6th behind the scenes. to the most realistic came from our view of the guest saying he didn't want to up stastage ben bernanke because draghi is moving the markets because he has a big job to do potentially thursday while bernanke is in his own academic confusion what might be done down the line, possibly until december. >> interesting to see what happens. >>> confronting the crisis, investors geari
he's a feisty speaker and will take the fight to president obama and make the case, he's been able, in a largely democratic state to get some things done mitt romney could do if he elected. >> john harwood, thank you very much. we'll be talking more about governor christie's address tonight on "power lunch". >> governor christie and arne romnarne -- arne r-arne arne- ann romney's speeches will be in primetime coverage. >>> the president saying he will not attend...
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in the state of ohio. but the problem for mitt romney and anyone else participating in the campaign right now is all the coverage is drowning out anything that politicians say. we are locked in a very tight race. we had two new polls out this morning, tracking polls. one, the washington post/abc news poll showed mitt romney 49%-brah 49%-barack obama 48%. another poll shows pro seciselye opposite. obama 48%. but they're the same poll. with a margin of error, we have essentially a tie race but the obama team believes that their advantage is in the battleground states like iowa, states like nevada, states like ohio that mitt romney needs and we'll see whether they are right. but as of now, it appears unlikely that things are going to move very much over the next couple of days because romney's canceled campaign events tomorrow, so has the president. >> when we talk about the sort of being a dead heat in the popular vote, what do we know about the way the electoral vote may be breaking one way or another, give
in the state of ohio. but the problem for mitt romney and anyone else participating in the campaign right now is all the coverage is drowning out anything that politicians say. we are locked in a very tight race. we had two new polls out this morning, tracking polls. one, the washington post/abc news poll showed mitt romney 49%-brah 49%-barack obama 48%. another poll shows pro seciselye opposite. obama 48%. but they're the same poll. with a margin of error, we have essentially a tie race but...
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they say the obama administration has been too easy on china. >> john, thanks very much. >>> clearly the protection of intellectual property is a major cause of friction between china and the united states. apple the latest to feel the heat. a chinese firm stepping up its aknocks on its ipad trademark. it comes as apple itself hires a company to investigate labor conditions at a key assembly plant in china. our tech reporter, jon fortt, has the latest on these stories. >> reporter: let's start with the trademark story. the company suing apple for up to $1.6 billion is basically a failing display maker. they say they own the ipad trademark. apple doesn't dispute that but says it actually boughts the rights to that trademark in ten countries years ago. their argument was that you bought the rights from a taiwan subsidiary that didn't have the right to sell the china rights. they're trying to block sales of ipads and imports in and out of china. proview is going out of business and needs money to pay creditors. china needs to keep this from blowing up into a situation where multinationa
they say the obama administration has been too easy on china. >> john, thanks very much. >>> clearly the protection of intellectual property is a major cause of friction between china and the united states. apple the latest to feel the heat. a chinese firm stepping up its aknocks on its ipad trademark. it comes as apple itself hires a company to investigate labor conditions at a key assembly plant in china. our tech reporter, jon fortt, has the latest on these stories. >>...
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that president obama carried four years ago. the president i think will not, sue, repeat the gambit of a mystery guest like clint eastwood. didn't work out too well for mitt romney but he will have bill clinton, former president, on wednesday night of his convention make the economic case for obama's re-election. the president is weighed down by the weak economy. bill clinton makes economic arguments between republicans and democrats better than anyone and then president obama will have the big moment on thursday night to do his acceptance speech. mitt romney used his last night to try to sketch out a more human picture of his life, talked about his family, his parents. and republican strategists i talked to think he succeeded with that. question is whether it reaches enough swing voters, especially women, to get over the hump in the end. back to you. >> thanks, john. >>> let's look at whether mitt romney sealed the deal with wall street. john carney is speaking with key players today. what was the verdict? >> they liked what th
that president obama carried four years ago. the president i think will not, sue, repeat the gambit of a mystery guest like clint eastwood. didn't work out too well for mitt romney but he will have bill clinton, former president, on wednesday night of his convention make the economic case for obama's re-election. the president is weighed down by the weak economy. bill clinton makes economic arguments between republicans and democrats better than anyone and then president obama will have the big...
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in several of the key battleground states. here with the beltway roundup, james homen of politico. >> good to be with you. >> tell me how -- how dramatically mr. romney has closed that likability gap with the president, sort of state by state. >> so even at the very top of the race, these two guys are tied but the underlying dynamic has changed especially among independent voters and women. even a month ago, double digits more said that they viewed him unfavorably than favorably. now, 51% have a positive impression of romney. so it's a pretty significant swing and now there are a lot of people who like romney as a person but still aren't necessarily voting for him. >> americans tend to want to like their president, the person they put in office. and maybe that was one of the areas that people not familiar particularly with mr. romney, many of them, and some 67 million watched the debates. another thing that has closed very dramatically is the president's edge on foreign policy. this certainly must trace right back to the debac
in several of the key battleground states. here with the beltway roundup, james homen of politico. >> good to be with you. >> tell me how -- how dramatically mr. romney has closed that likability gap with the president, sort of state by state. >> so even at the very top of the race, these two guys are tied but the underlying dynamic has changed especially among independent voters and women. even a month ago, double digits more said that they viewed him unfavorably than...
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back to you, sue. >> rick, thank you very much. >>> president obama, you saw him just a few moments ago, pushing for a balanced approach to resolving the fiscal cliff. is this possible with a divided congress? representative peter welsh is a democrat from vermont and is the chief deputy whip. he says democrats should be willing to go over the cliff to force a deal with republicans. congressman, the congressional budget office says that might push the unemployment rate to above 9%. are you ready for those consequences? are you ready for the loss of jobs if indeed we do go over the fiscal cliff? >> no, i'm not. my position is this -- that the best thing, the most responsible thing, is for us to get a deal, a balanced deal. that's eluded us for the past two years. the congressional leadership, speaker boehner and the president are talking about cooperation. so if they're successful in negotiating a deal, that's, by far, best for america, best for the economy. my position though is that let's hope they succeed but if they don't, we have to have a plan b. and one option that i find unaccepta
back to you, sue. >> rick, thank you very much. >>> president obama, you saw him just a few moments ago, pushing for a balanced approach to resolving the fiscal cliff. is this possible with a divided congress? representative peter welsh is a democrat from vermont and is the chief deputy whip. he says democrats should be willing to go over the cliff to force a deal with republicans. congressman, the congressional budget office says that might push the unemployment rate to above...
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a state he carried in 2008. very much wants to carry this time. he's been greeted by scott walker, the conservative republican governor there. but he's riding a wave of increased optimism about the economy. look at the numbers from this "new york times" cbs poll just out today. his job approval rating up to 50%, that's up 3 points from the previous poll. the proportion saying the nation's on the right track is also up several points. so are the proportions saying the economy is getting better. still, weak numbers but improving. and that's the point. the president is rising as that economic optimism rises. he's expected to go to master lock, a company he praised in his state of the union address, as one that was insourcing jobs, an example of what he's trying to encourage with american business. and he is going to be making those remarks knowing that at this moment at least a lot could change. the wind's at his back, sue. >> thanks, john. appreciate it. straight ahead, the stock market dropping just in the last hour. we're down about 90 points righ
a state he carried in 2008. very much wants to carry this time. he's been greeted by scott walker, the conservative republican governor there. but he's riding a wave of increased optimism about the economy. look at the numbers from this "new york times" cbs poll just out today. his job approval rating up to 50%, that's up 3 points from the previous poll. the proportion saying the nation's on the right track is also up several points. so are the proportions saying the economy is...
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in the bank starting earlier and able to spend significantly there but the fact that in swing states relatively small battlefield for this campaign money could make a difference and why they're hustling. they also have a problem that the "time" story alluded to is high-income backers turned off for various reasons. there are a lot of people on wall street going to romney enthusiastically. >> the hyatt hotels fortune is just one of the bundlers and it does go deeper than that. some of the support that mr. obama had from wall street in 2008 has melted away in part because i think wall street feels that he's not been friendly to business and specifically demonized wall street. fair point? >> reporter: absolutely. that's why a lot of people who -- remember, obama got a ton of wall street support in 2008. he was a fresh face. they wanted change from the bush administration. some of those people were motivated by issues other than business regulation and that sort of thing but now that obama has come in to office, and some of those people who may be more liberal on social issues and conser
in the bank starting earlier and able to spend significantly there but the fact that in swing states relatively small battlefield for this campaign money could make a difference and why they're hustling. they also have a problem that the "time" story alluded to is high-income backers turned off for various reasons. there are a lot of people on wall street going to romney enthusiastically. >> the hyatt hotels fortune is just one of the bundlers and it does go deeper than that....
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voters in president obama's home state get to pick which republican candidate they want to see face him in the elections. our chief washington correspondent john harwood is in chicago with the latest on the primary and a rare look inside of obama's hometown headquarters. john? >> reporter: tyler, i'm not in kla class. but i've been doing my homework on illinois. what we're seeing is the deeper we get into this primary season the greater the pressure on these candidates. rick santorum has got to find a place to breakthrough against mitt romney. illinois is the test today. but for mitt romney, if he could turn back that challenge as he did in michigan and ohio, he could strengthen his grip on that republican nomination and get some momentum. look at these polls. he's got a ten-point lead in the real clear politics.com average. that suggests that he's been making headway at the end. he's outspending santorum. if he could get a win like that, then when we go south into louisiana where rick santorum's lead, you can see this also, is only four points, romney could get some momentum. if he can
voters in president obama's home state get to pick which republican candidate they want to see face him in the elections. our chief washington correspondent john harwood is in chicago with the latest on the primary and a rare look inside of obama's hometown headquarters. john? >> reporter: tyler, i'm not in kla class. but i've been doing my homework on illinois. what we're seeing is the deeper we get into this primary season the greater the pressure on these candidates. rick santorum has...
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obama talked about it in his state of the union address. there's an oversupply of job postings out there for technical skill sets, but still huge unemployment. so i think what's happened is what companies are looking for they haven't been able to communicate that back to the job seekers in a meaningful transparent way. so what we're hoping is that identified and sounds like that company as well, can help do that and hopefully solve part of that labor mismatch in the economy right now. >> quick question for you, mr. draper, is facebook's going public good for mr. wallace's venture and yours? >> yes. i think, actually, facebook going public is going to be terrific. it will just grow facebook. and we've used facebook as a platform for a lot of different companies. and, of course, zynga uses facebook as a platform for games. and spotify for music. and gifts for facebook friends. stik, for allowing people to go to professional -- getting professional references from friends for professional services. >> yeah. >> and of course identified for buil
obama talked about it in his state of the union address. there's an oversupply of job postings out there for technical skill sets, but still huge unemployment. so i think what's happened is what companies are looking for they haven't been able to communicate that back to the job seekers in a meaningful transparent way. so what we're hoping is that identified and sounds like that company as well, can help do that and hopefully solve part of that labor mismatch in the economy right now. >>...
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democrats, barack obama, used that to ridicule john mccain as out of touch with the realities of the economy. now even worse may have been four years earlier when john kerry was the democratic nominee. he was making a point about the iraq war which he'd supported, but later turned against and here's something that he said on the campaign trail about his support or opposition to money for the troops. >> i actually did vote for the $87 billion before i voted against it. >> nothing like voted for it before voted against it to underscore the idea that you're a politician who's talking out of both sides of his mouth. mitt romney of course had some family experience with the gaffe issue. his father, george whob was then the governor of michigan at one time a prominent presidential candidate visited vietnam and when he came back he said that the conversations that he'd had with diplomats and military leaders had changed his thinking. here's how he described it to a detroit tv station. >> when i came back from vietnam, i just had the greatest brainwashing that anybody can get. >> brainwashin
democrats, barack obama, used that to ridicule john mccain as out of touch with the realities of the economy. now even worse may have been four years earlier when john kerry was the democratic nominee. he was making a point about the iraq war which he'd supported, but later turned against and here's something that he said on the campaign trail about his support or opposition to money for the troops. >> i actually did vote for the $87 billion before i voted against it. >> nothing...
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president obama's got a 2 percentage point lead, 49-24. in all of these polls, we see that mitt romney is roughly even with the president on the -- who can best manage the economy. on their favorable ratings, mitt romney's has improved, but in each case the lead the president has among women is spllightly larger than the lead mitt romney has among men. simen? >> john, thank you. >>> let's move from sandy and the road to recovery. baby steps i'm afraid still being taken in the city of new york today, including reports that manhattan power may be back online during the course of the weekend. until then, things appear to be getting tense. our senior correspondent scott cohn joins me now from lower manhattan. scott, i just heard firsthand that some residential buildings are now hiring armed guards because of the type of threat that they have faced from people attempting to loot as, of course, the police make those very regular trips during the night. >> reporter: that's entirely possible, simon. i haven't seen that directly, but i believe it.
president obama's got a 2 percentage point lead, 49-24. in all of these polls, we see that mitt romney is roughly even with the president on the -- who can best manage the economy. on their favorable ratings, mitt romney's has improved, but in each case the lead the president has among women is spllightly larger than the lead mitt romney has among men. simen? >> john, thank you. >>> let's move from sandy and the road to recovery. baby steps i'm afraid still being taken in the...
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eamon javers is where he belongs at the state fair in iowa. as we get ready to hear from representative ryan. go ahead, eamon. >> reporter: it's great out here, tyler. the sun just came out here. the politicians are getting ready to come out, too. we are expecting paul ryan to show up here in just about an hour's time and make his way to a spot just behind us to give what he's calling a soap bo box-type speech. campaigning on his own today. we ran in to senator chuck grassley of iowa represented the state for so long and knows how the folks here react to paul ryan's selection as a vice presidential nominee and here's what senator grassley told us this afternoon. >> i think the impact in iowa's going to be that he's mid western. people feel that he's a person that can be trusted. but the midwest person thing is mid westerners like straight shooters and he is a straight shooter. >> reporter: and guys, we are getting the first snapshot here of national polling over the weekend of what the pick of paul ryan is doing to the campaign. it's not a ver
eamon javers is where he belongs at the state fair in iowa. as we get ready to hear from representative ryan. go ahead, eamon. >> reporter: it's great out here, tyler. the sun just came out here. the politicians are getting ready to come out, too. we are expecting paul ryan to show up here in just about an hour's time and make his way to a spot just behind us to give what he's calling a soap bo box-type speech. campaigning on his own today. we ran in to senator chuck grassley of iowa...
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. >>> president obama making his choice for the next person to lead the world bank. and this nomination comes as chances of someone from outside the united states leading the world bank for the first time becomes more of a possibility. eamon javers is in washington with more on the story. hi, eamon. >> hi, sue. this was a little bit of a surprise here at the white house today. the white house nominating jim physician by training known for his work in the developing world and against the spread of global aids. he's not a banker, not an economist, not somebody in the larry somers mold, which is what professional washington was sort of expecting here. but today at the white house the president was full of dr. kim's praises. >> nobody is more qualified to carry out that mission than dr. jim kim. it's time for a development professional to lead the world's largest development agency. and that's why today after a careful and thorough search, i'm nominating dr. jim kim to be the next president of the world bank. >> and dr. kim does have a little bit of a lighter side, guys.
. >>> president obama making his choice for the next person to lead the world bank. and this nomination comes as chances of someone from outside the united states leading the world bank for the first time becomes more of a possibility. eamon javers is in washington with more on the story. hi, eamon. >> hi, sue. this was a little bit of a surprise here at the white house today. the white house nominating jim physician by training known for his work in the developing world and...
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. >> you just mentioned one thing, the state a.g.'s proposed settlement with some of the big lenders. the obama administration -- >> reporter: it's a double-edged sword. the president's plan, the program to expand modifications is going to take some time. and fannie and freddie haven't agreed to it. that's where the bulk of those would come from. as for the a.g. settlement, yes, it will help if there's some principal writedown and helps save some borrowers from foreclosure. but it will put an end to the whole robo-signing problems and will inevitably speed up foreclosures as fanks now know what they can do, what is the plan and they don't have to worry about any more action down the rode from a.g.s. >> i wish i had one of those robo-signers. my hand was hurting by the end of it. >>> to politics now, decision day in florida. republican voters are casting their ballots in today's primary and the latest polls show it may be a big day for mitt romney. eamon javers is in tampa. eamon, does a big romney win knock out newt gingrich or not? >
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that's president obama's trying to reinforce his lead. but mitt romney's trying to deal with another issue that is his poor support among hispanics. he's addressing the hispanic u.s. chamber of commerce today. the romney campaign says he'll provide more detail on his policies especially on the economy this week. however, on a conference call a little while ago that i was on, his aides said they would not be detailing how they're going to pay for his tax cuts. >> john harwood, thank you very much. >>> the romney camp striking back after the stinging new article in politico in which it describes the campaign as, "stumbling." more now from politico executive editor, jim vandehai. i want to start with a quote from your story to get your reaction from the stories we just heard in the news. one report is a growing number of conservatives, not necessarily affiliated with the campaign but not necessarily not affiliated with it, are blamie ing stuart stevens for advocating a campaign of caution, one that puts all the emphasis not on how good romne
that's president obama's trying to reinforce his lead. but mitt romney's trying to deal with another issue that is his poor support among hispanics. he's addressing the hispanic u.s. chamber of commerce today. the romney campaign says he'll provide more detail on his policies especially on the economy this week. however, on a conference call a little while ago that i was on, his aides said they would not be detailing how they're going to pay for his tax cuts. >> john harwood, thank you...
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president obama meeting with small business leaders at the white house this afternoon to make his case for higher taxes ahead. we will also go to the home state of a kai player in tey pl talks. >>> the chevy volt struggling to work with car makers aed car buyers. why is general motors doubling down with its big bet in electric and has it jumped its sales? >>> facebook stock up 10% in the past week and 30% the past two months. has it finally turned a corpser? >>> speaking of corners, we have switched corners, tyler, the gentleman that he is, is braving you the snow and the ice in new york city and he is down on the floor of the new york estock exchange. >> a mucky day. not since 2008 has it been so high. more evidence the housing recovery is taking root. prices rising in the big cities but a warning we may head into a recession next year if the u.s. and europe don't solve their fiscal messes. right now the dow industrials a built of a breather down 21 points. >>> meanwhile, 34 days to the fiscal cliff. will a deal be done in time? today, president obama meets with small business leaders
president obama meeting with small business leaders at the white house this afternoon to make his case for higher taxes ahead. we will also go to the home state of a kai player in tey pl talks. >>> the chevy volt struggling to work with car makers aed car buyers. why is general motors doubling down with its big bet in electric and has it jumped its sales? >>> facebook stock up 10% in the past week and 30% the past two months. has it finally turned a corpser? >>>...
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he's very close in some other states. in colorado, for example, in new hampshire, he -- but he's going to have to make up a lot of ground in a lot of places to get there and the last swing state polls we showed showed six. point lead in ohio. two-point lead for the president in florida. one-point lead in virginia. big hill for mitt romney to claim clitomorrow night. >>> let's go to the finance.yahoo.com poll. the aftermath from sandy. do you think the pace of the recovery will help or hurt either candidate? go to vote at finance.yahoo.com. josh, do you think at this point the voters especially in our north carolina of the woods will use this storm as an issue as they cast their ballots or not? >> it is certainly going to be a matter of consequence but the real important question here is turnout. how many voters are actually going to come out. what we've seen based on historic evidence with regard to weather patterns is that one inch of rain decreased turnout by about one percentage point. after a storm like this, this giv
he's very close in some other states. in colorado, for example, in new hampshire, he -- but he's going to have to make up a lot of ground in a lot of places to get there and the last swing state polls we showed showed six. point lead in ohio. two-point lead for the president in florida. one-point lead in virginia. big hill for mitt romney to claim clitomorrow night. >>> let's go to the finance.yahoo.com poll. the aftermath from sandy. do you think the pace of the recovery will help or...
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so i don't think many voters are going to blame president obama for what's going on right now, and leave aside the fact that the states in which the difficulties are occurring db new york, new jersey, connecticut are all reliantly democratic states. what is much more important to the outcome of this election, michelle, is what's going on behind me at this afl-cio phone bank where union volunteers are making calls, doing the painstaking work of identifying callers and getting them to the polls. the chamber of commerce told us they're making millions of phone calls in the final days. interest groups aligned with both campaigns are going to do this non-stop between now and tuesday. of course, many voters have already cast their ballots because of early voting in this country, michelle. but there's a lot of work left to go. the candidates are sprinting and so are the volunteers. >> john, thank you very much. stay there because we're going to come back to you in just a moment. there is that other story that has big impact on the presidential race, and that's the jobs report that came out this
so i don't think many voters are going to blame president obama for what's going on right now, and leave aside the fact that the states in which the difficulties are occurring db new york, new jersey, connecticut are all reliantly democratic states. what is much more important to the outcome of this election, michelle, is what's going on behind me at this afl-cio phone bank where union volunteers are making calls, doing the painstaking work of identifying callers and getting them to the polls....
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that's what they're going to be worried about. >> that even goes to obama's terminology yesterday. he talked about presenting a framework by chris mall. framework, all that means is, listen, we've got to plan, we can modify it, tweak it -- the market will not want that. >> the market will move very quickly if they perceive it is not substance. remember it's two parts -- soon and substance. >> thank you very much. >>> to the nasdaq right now, bertha coombs is there following the big movers. >> over the last couple of days the nasdaq has managed to move into positive territory for the month of november, back above 3,000. today one of the biggest movers is research in motion getting an upgrade at goldman sachs. one of the firms that sees them perhaps getting some traction with the blackberry 10 rollout in 2013. apple up today as well, up more than 1%. look what's happened this month. nasdaq composite has moved up without the help of apple. apple on track for the third straight monthly loss. what's really made the difference here? games. cisco, some of the big caps like cisco, gilead,
that's what they're going to be worried about. >> that even goes to obama's terminology yesterday. he talked about presenting a framework by chris mall. framework, all that means is, listen, we've got to plan, we can modify it, tweak it -- the market will not want that. >> the market will move very quickly if they perceive it is not substance. remember it's two parts -- soon and substance. >> thank you very much. >>> to the nasdaq right now, bertha coombs is there...
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even if obama's tax hikes don't go into effect. that's a lot of money especially new york state, new york city taxes over 52%. then i'd take that giant check and bring it to washington. you know they have that ad campaign, yeah, that kind of rich? that kind of check is that kind of rich. >> gentlemen, thank you very much. sue, down to you. i wonder what sue would do? >> i would pay for the three college educations that i'm going to have to fund all at the same time. that would be the first thing i'd do. there's a lot of good that you could do with that money. who knows? good luck to everybody who's got a ticket. >>> coming up in the next hour, the recovery road trip kickoff. day one of a three-day tour of the top cities for stocks. "street signs" reveals the number three mystery city straight ahead. we're back in a minute with a market update. but when i was in an accident... i was worried the health care system spoke a language all its own with unitedhealthcare, i got help that fit my life. so i never missed a beat. that's health
even if obama's tax hikes don't go into effect. that's a lot of money especially new york state, new york city taxes over 52%. then i'd take that giant check and bring it to washington. you know they have that ad campaign, yeah, that kind of rich? that kind of check is that kind of rich. >> gentlemen, thank you very much. sue, down to you. i wonder what sue would do? >> i would pay for the three college educations that i'm going to have to fund all at the same time. that would be...
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wisconsin is a state, tyler, that democrats have carried six times in a row. president obama buy 12 percentage points in 2008. george w. bush came close here. there is every reason to think if scott walker has a big victory in a high turnout election today that mitt romney might be able to make a run for it in november. >> this could be a key state, as you try and tally up that 270 in the electoral college. john harwood, thank you. >>> to housing now, ty. the desperate search for signs of recovery. we may be seeing it in higher home prices in some areas of the country. diana olick is live in washington for us. hi, diana. >> hey, sue. two months isn't exactly a trend yet. but it's a start. especially for tad's housing market. home prices in the positive. take a look. including distressed sales. that's foreclosures and short sales. home prices rose 1.1% in april from a year ago according to core logic. take out the distress and prices were up an even stronger 2.6%. those are national number. you know how much i love those. important to see where we're getting th
wisconsin is a state, tyler, that democrats have carried six times in a row. president obama buy 12 percentage points in 2008. george w. bush came close here. there is every reason to think if scott walker has a big victory in a high turnout election today that mitt romney might be able to make a run for it in november. >> this could be a key state, as you try and tally up that 270 in the electoral college. john harwood, thank you. >>> to housing now, ty. the desperate search for...
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they're also looking at the impact on the economy on the obama administration and watching so carefully as to even look at the number of questions on given topics that reporters asked the president at press conferences. take a look at one of these documents here and you'll see al qaeda's thoughts on the media and obama administration. one of the documents reading not one of the journalists dared to embarrass obama by questioning him about the influence on the american budget and the national economy of spending the billions yearly on the two wars of afghanistan and iraq. that's a statement apparently written by al qaeda's american member. and then this one caught my eye in particular. thoughts from him on the irish of all people. he wrote in a document what helps to prepare the message was the latest economic crisis that affected ireland a lot thus forcing its youth to look for sources of living on the outside. the other matter is the increasing anger in ireland toward the catholic church. so at least one member of al qaeda thought they might be able to generate some recruits in ireland
they're also looking at the impact on the economy on the obama administration and watching so carefully as to even look at the number of questions on given topics that reporters asked the president at press conferences. take a look at one of these documents here and you'll see al qaeda's thoughts on the media and obama administration. one of the documents reading not one of the journalists dared to embarrass obama by questioning him about the influence on the american budget and the national...